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Use the Rainfall tab to explore the total monthly rainfall measured at six field stations across Australia. The blue points represent the total rainfall in centimeters collected at each field station. The line on the time series plots show the general trend of monthly rainfall over the ten years leading up to the fire events at the begining of 2020. Click and drag on the time series plot to highlight the date and the corresponding monthly average rainfall.

Use the Temperature tab to explore the daily maxiumum and minimum temperatures in degrees celsius recorded in seven field stations across Australia. The red points are the daily recorded high temperature and the yellow points are the daily recorded low temperatures. The bold red and yellow lines show the general trend of high and low temperatures over time. Search the data table to view the date and corresponding daily temperature.

Use the Maps tab to explore a map of Australia showing fire data collected from NASA records during the week of December 29th, 2019, to January 5th, 2020. The red circles on the map represent a 1km fire pixel which may not represent the actual location of the fire since one or more fires can be detected within the 1km pixel. The blue markers represent 7 weather stations around the country that tracked climate data, like temperature and rainfall, in 5 of the 6 states, shown in the Rainfall and Temperature tabs. Click on the map to highlight the weather station and view locations of fires around the station during that week.

Application Authors: Alison Barbee, Kate Bazany, Chukwudi Keke

Data source: (http://www.bom.gov.au/?ref=logo) Bureau of Metrology, Australia